compizfusion and KDE

[redheat]

Compizfusion doesn't work under KDE..that simple. I have ubuntu, gutsy gibbon the second beta, both gnome and KDE are installed, and the latest version both. The compizfusion settings manager could be found in both destkops, but it works, perfectly and I mean perfectly under gnome, but under KDE it's a doorknob. Nothing whatsoever, I get no error messages, no nothing, no matter what the settings I choose in compizfusion settings manager. Let it be window wobble effect, rain drops, cube...etc you name it..doesn't work whatsoever.

I have a 8600 GT XFX video card, and I have the latest nvidia drivers 100.14.19 installed on my system and they're working perfectly.

can someone help me? or just tell me how to get those effects to work on KDE

regards
redheat

[adamk]

Have you tried running compiz from a terminal with the command:

$ compiz --replace --sm-disable ccp

What message(s) do you get?

Adam

[redheat]

Have you tried running compiz from a terminal with the command:

$ compiz --replace --sm-disable ccp

What message(s) do you get?

Adam

This is what I got when I ran this command under KDE:

" Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0402 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1680x1050) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format"

and this the message I got when I ran it under gnome:

" root@redheat-Ubuntu:~# compiz --replace --sm-disable ccp
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Detected PCI ID for VGA: 01:00.0 0300: 10de:0402 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Checking for texture_from_pixmap: present.
Checking for non power of two support: present.
Checking for Composite extension: present.
Comparing resolution (1680x1050) to maximum 3D texture size (8192): Passed.
Checking for nVidia: present.
Checking for FBConfig: present.
Checking for Xgl: not present.
Starting gtk-window-decorator
/usr/bin/compiz.real (video) - Warn: No 8 bit GLX pixmap format, disabling YV12 image format
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Info: Loading filter negative (item negative).
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Info: Loading filter negative-green (item negative-green).
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Info: Loading filter blueish-filter (item blueish-filter).
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Info: Loading filter sepia (item sepia).
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Info: Loading filter grayscale (item grayscale).
/usr/bin/compiz.real (colorfilter) - Warn: Tried to load 5 filter(s), 3 succeeded.
"

that's all

Regards
redheat

[adamk]

So after you started it in KDE, and you stopped getting any output from the command, did compiz actually work?

[redheat]

So after you started it in KDE, and you stopped getting any output from the command, did compiz actually work?

no. I had to log out and then login back again to get it started, and I even had to go to ubuntu+1 irc channel to show me how to undo the command I just entered. they gave me a command like compiz --replace..something like that sorry don't remember what it was, but anyway, no it didn't work, even in the gnome environment it stopped. The moment I logged out and then in again, it worked just fine, except for KDE which still had the same problem as before.

regards
redheat...and a half..

[redheat]

IT IS WORKING...

Just open the terminal and type the following in it:

sudo apt-get -y install compiz compiz-kde compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra libcompizconfig-backend-kconfig


now press alt+F2 and type:

compiz --replace

it should work..

I found out about that form visiting this website:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Compiz-Fusion-on-Ubuntu-58113.shtml

regards
redheat